Apparatus for purifying gases.



F. SEPULCHRE.

APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING GASES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. s, 1908.

93 1,229. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

which is allowed to escape.

Irel or in part vaporized, with the result that the. purification suffers.

FRANQOIS SEPULOHRE, .OF LIEGE, BELGIUM.

APPARATUS FOR PUBIFYING GASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 6, 1908.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Serial No. 409,520.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it .known that I, F ANgoIs SEPULGHRE, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Liege, Belgium, manufacturer, have invented a certain new and useful Apparatus for Purifying Gases,"of Which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

7 The dynamic purification of .gases charged with solid or liquid particles, with a view to the separation or recovery of these last, is obtained at the present time in apparatus based either upon the principle of centrifugal force or upon that of inertia. Asa rule, in these apparatus there is injected a certain quantity of water, the form of a shower obtained by breaking the jet of water against the walls of the ap aratus. The atoms of water thus meet and take 11 the particles of dust, forming a muddy lquid It has been remarked that hot gases cannot be purified by these dynamic processes: this is because the atoms of water are vaporized instantly and so. tend to saturate the gas with water vapor. Now the quantity of vapor required to saturate a given quantity of gas lncreases very rapidly with the temperature and as the pu ps or other similar apparatus atomize :tively little water, the atoms are wholly Moreover the gas becomes charged with water, which greatly diminishes its calorific value. The disadvantages of the apparatus of this type are the fo1lowing:(1 They require considerable power to atomize the water; moreover a portion of the spray obtained condenses in the remainder of the water, so to say propor .tionally to its formation and before having had time to act upon the dust. (2) Themechanical efliciency being very bad, the

greater part ofthe mechanical work is trans formed into heat: now, as has been stated well to efi'ect a thorough purification; Qn

the other hand it has been tried to divide,

' "I a ratag the water by means of steam, but the results obtalned have not been satisfactory.

The object of the present invention isto purify the gas, or to recover its by-products by atomization of the water by means of a suitable gas. The nature of the gas used will be determined by ,the circumstances of each application .in the ma'ority of cases,

be the case, for example, in certain. iroxr foundries which furnace gas.

This process ,possess a supply of cokealso allows of purifying other-industrial gases as well as blastfurnace gas: the gas from gas producers or other generators, for example that of coke and other ovens, by freeing them from the .solid, .liquid or gaseous lmpurites which they contain. The collecting the by-pro1 uctsof coke and other ovens or furnaces: after cooling the gas to a suitable temperature it is possible to separate the vesicles of tar in suspension in the gas by a tar-spray; similarly the ammoniacal as will be absorbed 'by' a water-spray the%enzol by an oil-s ray etc. In its expansion, thecompresse gas, as well as atomizing .the water "more finely than any other 'knownmethod, produces an extremely an id and jntenseefi'ervescence, theresult of which is to mingle intimately .the spray with the gas to be purified, which is evlde'ntl favor- .able to the purification. Finally,-t e small atoms of the spray ,are mpressed with a rocess allows also of.

ticlesof'dustwhich-are thuslabsorbed I water.

lowing: (1) It gives abundant'atomization with a reduced volume.0f compressed ,gas,

e n th pmc ar th 1 thus reduces the content of the gas in water va or instead of increasing it. H

t will be obvious that the apparatus for atomizing by compressed gas can eventually serve as aspirator ofthe gas to be purified or as compressor of the gas under purification or already, purified. In the same way, this water-atomizer operated by compressed gas can. be adapted to any known purifying apparatus in order to increase its efliciency;

it can be applied extremely well to, for example, apparatus of the centrifugal type, such as the fan-washer, the Theisen washer, etc., relievin them of the function of atomizers which t ey perform very badly. Likewise it completes, in a very useful fashion,

the process of (purifying based upon inertia.

The annexe drawing represents, in vertical section and by wa of example, a manner of. carrying out the present invention applied to one of these I L apparatus, comp eted accordingly.

The gases coming from the blast or other furnace traverse under the pressure they possess or that'given to them by a suitable compressor or aspirator, a suitable separator and scrubber and are admitted into the purifier a by the pipe I This purifier consists of a straight vertical column, of which the lower open end is restricted by means of a central cone 0, intended to throw the gases with high velocity and in the form of a thin sheet against the liquid bath (1 before their escape by the pipe e. A water atomizer 7, arranged at the upper part of the purifier a is fed by the pipe 9 wlth water under pressure and by the pipe h with gas, a portion of the purified gas being compressed thereinto by a com ressor 70, connected to the delivery pipe e of t e purifier proper. Upon their ent into the purifier, the gases are energetica y secured with the spray formed by the gas mjector f while the gaseous current is directed immediately on to the liquid bath (1, which collects the solid or liquid particles to be eliminated. The purified gases then escape by the pi e and areled to the ap aratus for which t e are required.

; of the as.

Converse y it would eventual bepossible to inject thepurifying liquid under ver hi h pressure and consequently at ve hi ve oclty, into the gas to be purifie t e atomization of the liquid being then pro-. 1

combination of a vessel or conduit open at duced by the excess of its velocity over that No 0 aim is herein made to the novel features of the process described'and for carrying out which the apparatus illustrated may be employed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as such and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An apparatus for purifying blast-furnace and other gases, with a view to therecovery of their by-products, com rising a straight, vertical column, said co unm receiving the gases at its upper end and being open at its lower end, said lower end being restricted by a central cone to form an annular opening, said opening being immediately over a bath of liquid, an atomizer placed at the top of said column, said atomiz'er being operated by compressed gas, a spray of liquid from said atomizer descending down said column, a compressor, said compressor taking a portion of the purified gases and delivering them to operate said atomizer, said spray of liquid absorbing the impurities from said gases and being projected therewith into said bath of liquid, and a pipe for the escape" of the purified gases.

2. In an ap aratus for purifying gas, the combination of a vessel, a conduit communicating with the vessel and adapted to convey thereto the gas to be treated, an atomizer arranged to discharge a spray into the body of gas within'the vessel, means for supplying liquid under pressure to said atomizer, means for withdrawing gas from the vessel and supplying it to the atomizer under pres sure, and means for separating the gas from the spray and particles saturated thereby.

3. In an apparatus for purifying gas, the combination of a vessel, gas inlet and discharge pipes communicating with said vessel, an atomizer arranged to discharge a spray into the vessel ad acent the gas inlet, means for supplying liquid under pressure to the atomizer, and means connecting the gas discharge pipe and said atomizer, for the purpose specified.

4. In an apparatus for purifying gas, the combination of a vessel, open at its lower end, a gas inlet pipe communicating with the upper endof said vessel, means for supporting a body of liquid below the lower end of the vessel, a casing surrounding the lower portion of the vessel and havin its lower open end extending below the Ievel of the body of liquid, .a gas discharge pipe communicating wlth the space between the vessel and easing, an atomizer arranged within the gas inlet of the vessel, means for supplyin hquid to the atomizer, and means for supp ying gas under pressure to the atomlzer.

5. In an apparatus for purifying gas, the.

ing surrounding the lower portion of the vessel and extending below the lower end and the saturated impurities are by gravity thereof, a gas discharge pipe communicating collected in said caslng as the gas passes with the space between the vessel and casing from the vessel or conduit. 'abovethe lower end of the vessel, an atom- In testimon whereof I atfix my signature 5 izer ii-rranged within the gasl inlet of like in presence 0 two witnesses.

vesse means for su plyin i uid to t e v atomizer, and means ior sugplying gas un- FRANCOIS SEPULCHRE' der pressure to the atomizer, whereby gas Witnesses: P3881515 through said vessel or conduit is JULEs GmLoN, 10 expo to the action of a powerful"- spray ALPHONSE LERUTH. 

